. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. Bulletin 176, of theUnited States Department of Agriculture. REFERENCESThe Strawberry in North America. Fletcher. Bush Fruits. Grape Culturist. Fuller. Wisconsin Expt. .Station Bulletin 248. Strawberry Culture in Dept. of Agi-iculture Bulletins: 210. Strawberry and Red Raspberry. 222. Currants and Bulletins, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture: 643. Blackberry Culture. 664. Strawberry Growing in the South. CHAPTER 9 Grapes and grape Culture in the United States By Georgk C\
. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. Bulletin 176, of theUnited States Department of Agriculture. REFERENCESThe Strawberry in North America. Fletcher. Bush Fruits. Grape Culturist. Fuller. Wisconsin Expt. .Station Bulletin 248. Strawberry Culture in Dept. of Agi-iculture Bulletins: 210. Strawberry and Red Raspberry. 222. Currants and Bulletins, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture: 643. Blackberry Culture. 664. Strawberry Growing in the South. CHAPTER 9 Grapes and grape Culture in the United States By Georgk C\ Pomologist in Charge of ViticuUural Itxvestigations, United States Department of Ayriculture The grape has always been and continues to be mans liest standbyin fruits. It is one of the most important and most extensively prowiifruits in the country. Since the year 1900, tiie viticultural industry of tiiis country has morethan doubled itself, now showing as a years conunercial result in roundnumbers, shipments of 15,000 cars of table grajjes, 50,000 eases of canned. A Typical Vimfera Vallky Vineyakd in California grapes, 250,000,000 pounds of raLsins, 7,000,000 gallons of brandy,50,000,000 gallons of wine and unfermented juice, etc. The vineyardacreage exceeds 5()(),()00 acres, the viticultural industry representing, inconservative figures, an investment of S300,000,(KM) and giving employ-ment to 150,000 persons. There are three distinct viticultural regions in the United Stateswhich .segregate themselves by the grape species grown in them for com-mercial j) These are: (1) The vinifera region in which thevinifera varieties grown for all the various purposes, is located almostentirely west of the Kocky Mountains and .so much of it in California thatit might almost be said to be a California industr>. At least seventy-fiveper cent of the entire grape output of the Tnited States is from fruitof the vinifera varieties. Nearly one hundred per cent of the raisin andg
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